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Hurricanes vs. Panthers December 19, 2009

RALEIGH, NC - DECEMBER 19: Brett Carson #27 of the Carolina Hurricanes takes the ice prior to a NHL game against the Florida Panthers on December 19, 2009 at RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Gregg Forwerck/NHLI via Getty Images)

He's only 17 but he can see the ice so well and he moves the puck and goes to the open ice all the time, so I just think he's a player that is ready to play in the NHL. I'm really looking forward to coaching someone like this.

— U.S. National Junior Team coach Ron Wilson on Auston Matthews, the projected No. 1 pick of the 2016 NHL Draft